Book of Hours, Use of Utrecht — c. 1500; Netherlands, Utrecht
MS. Douce 30
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Book of Hours, Use of Utrecht — c. 1500; Netherlands, Utrecht
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 30
Place of origin
Netherlands, Utrecht
Date
c. 1500
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
iv + 171 leaves
Decoration
Five fine full-page miniatures (fols 17v, 47v, 52v, 65v and 153v) and several smaller miniatures, e.g. fol. 18r
Borders
Initials
Binding
Red leather with gold tooling (17th or 18th century)
Acquisition
Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1834
Provenance
Francis Douce, 1757–1834
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Title
Hours of the Virgin according to the use of Utrecht, preceded by a calendar (fol. 1)
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 30
Summary
Followed by:
(fol. 48) Hours of the Cross
(fol. 53) Penitential Psalms with litany
(fol. 66) Office for the Dead
(fol. 93) prayers and suffrages
(fol. 138) Hore longiores de sancta Cruce seu Passione', the Hours of the Passion
(fol. 154) 'Cursus horarum Eterne Sapientiae'
(fol. 166v) 'Hore Sancti Spiritus'.
The larger miniatures are at fols. 17v, 47v, 52v, 65v, 153v. The hymn 'Ave vivens hostia' (at fol. 101) is stated to be 'edita a fratre Iohanne Pysano archiepiscopo Canthuariensi.' In H. Shaw's Illuminated Ornaments (1833), no. xvi, there are facsimiles of fols. 47v, 65v.
Date
written in the 15th cent. in the Netherlands
Language
Latin
Physical facet
On parchment, with five fine full-page and several smaller miniatures, borders, etc., binding: red leather with gold tooling (17th or 18th cent.)
Physical extent
177 Leaves
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Collection contents
Hours of the Virgin according to the use of Utrecht, preceded by a calendar (fol. 1)
